A Day In The Life Of A Cat

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

May the luck of the Irish be with you!

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Unless you are really out of touch with the world, you know the US is on the verge of war with Iraq. This all made me have a terrible dream on Saturday. Greg has been out of the Navy since about 1990, but in this dream, he was still in. Here it is in short....or as short as I can make it.

I had got a call that I was being flown to a Navy base to be reunited with Greg whom I had not seen in 8 months. There were dozens of other wives on the plane with me. We were told that some men were missing, but we'd find out who when we got to the base. I was sure Greg wouldn't be one of the missing men ~ stuff like that only happens in the movies or to other people.

At the base, I go to Greg's room and his bed is empty. I instantly know he is missing and lay down on his bed and cry. As the dream goes on, I make friends with a female Naval officer who keeps me up to date in the search for Greg and the other missing men. A few weeks go by and she gently tries to keep me from getting my hopes up that he'll be found alive.

The day finally comes ~ the missing men have been found. Some are alive, some are not. I'm flown to another Navy base where I expect I'll be identifying Greg's dead body. The female officer comes with me for support. When we land, I give her a picture of him and tell her to get off the plane and to go see if he's out on the tarmac waiting for me. I wait, but can't resist and look out one the windows. I don't see him at first, but then I do. I hear the female officer calling excitedly for me....she see's him, too. I rush off the plane into his arms. He was thin and looked sickly, but to me, he'd never looked better.

I woke up shortly after that. I laid there for a second and then my eyes watered and I rolled over and was really glad he was laying next to me.

What's sad is, this kind of thing will happen. This dream will be real life for someone. I feel really selfish for saying it, but I'm glad it won't be real life for me.